Accident

Teen falls from moving truck, remains in critical

WEST JORDAN -- Hospital officials say a 16-year-old remains in critical condition a day after he was thrown from the bed of a moving pickup truck in West Jordan.

Solitude Ski Resort near Salt Lake City.

74-year-old skier falls off cliff, dies at Solitude

SALT LAKE CITY -- Police say a 74-year-old Rhode Island skier died after stumbling off a cliff at Solitude Ski Resort near Salt Lake City.

Toddler killed in West Jordan crash; mom, infant hurt

WEST JORDAN, Utah  — Police are identifying a 2-year-old girl who died in a crash with a cement truck in West Jordan that also injured a mother and her son.

Nine mile canyon near Price, Utah.

Missing pipeline workers found dead in Nine Mile Canyon

PRICE -- A family member says two natural-gas pipeline workers from Colorado who went missing a week ago have been found dead in a central Utah canyon.

USU student wasn't Facebooking in Idaho crash

LOGAN -- Police say an 18-year-old Utah State University student was not distracted by a phone when she died in a January crash in Idaho, even though she posted on Facebook minutes earlier.

Robby Ostberg.

Tremonton boy died from gunpowder explosion

TREMONTON — A 14-year-old boy who accidentally killed himself with a miniature cannon died after suffering severe head and face trauma from the powerful blast, not from being hit with a projectile, authorities said Monday.

Cache 2-year-old dies after dad backs car over him

MENDON -- A 2-year-old boy is dead after his father backed a car over him at their home in Mendon.

West Valley City police

Bulldozer operator falls 30 feet

WEST VALLEY CITY -- A construction worker has head injuries after falling 30 feet from a bulldozer.

Young Idaho woman raising money for a new eye

LEWISTON, Idaho -- At the age of 2, an accident left Alaina Kaufman completely blind in her right eye.

Now, the Lewiston 19-year-old is hoping to raise enough money for a prosthetic eye that will give her a new outlook on life. Since elementary school, she's kept the damaged eye covered by a swoop of hair, but this can lead to awkward inquiries.

Park City ski resort's chairlift.

UofU student dies in fall from Park City chairlift

PARK CITY — Authorities say a 19-year-old University of Utah student suffered a seizure before she fell from a chairlift at a Park City ski resort and died.

Debris and wreckage lie along the highway after a multi-vehicle accident that killed at least nine people, on Interstate 75 near Gainesville, Fla., Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012. Authorities were still trying to determine what caused the pileup on the highway, which had been closed for a time because of the mixture of fog and heavy smoke from a brush fire. At least five cars and six tractor-trailers were involved, and some burst into flame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

Cause sought for deadly highway pileup

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Authorities in Florida were trying to determine Monday what caused the horrific pileup on Interstate 75 south of Gainesville, where a long line of cars and trucks collided one after another on a dark highway so shrouded in haze and smoke that drivers were blinded.

Roofer dies after collapse of Salt Lake patio roof

SALT LAKE CITY  -- Fire officials say a residential construction worker was killed after being crushed and trapped under a patio roof that suddenly collapsed.

Damaged garage doors.

Mysterious driver slams into Layton garage doors

LAYTON -- Zach Braegger has done all he can to repair his garage door after someone crashed their vehicle into it late Sunday night.

Braegger also performed some quick repair work to his own car, which was in the garage when the door came falling down. The impact from the moving vehicle pushed Braegger's car into several metal shelves and almost through a wall into the house.

Drilling rig in central Utah.

Roosevelt man injured in drilling rig accident

VERNAL -- A Roosevelt man has serious injuries after his hand was caught between moving pipes at an eastern Utah drilling rig.

Family website raises $287,000 to cover deceased skier's medical bills

PARK CITY -- A website set up by the family of deceased Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke has now raised more than $287,000 -- which should be enough to cover her medical bills while in a Salt Lake City hospital.

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